{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-1116.2v1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-1116.2v1","heading":"Postadjudication review boards","body":"A. There is hereby established a postadjudication review board\n\nin each judicial district in the state. Members and alternate\n\nmembers of the postadjudication review boards shall be residents of\n\nor employed within the judicial district in which the board serves\n\nand shall be appointed by the Director of the Oklahoma Commission on\n\nChildren and Youth after consultation with judges in the judicial\n\ndistrict having juvenile docket responsibility, provided that in the\n\nevent of a conflict of interest or for any reason when circumstances\n\nor the appearances of justice dictate, the Director of the Oklahoma\n\nCommission on Children and Youth may transfer the appointment\n\ndecision to the entire Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth\n\nwhose decision shall be final and further, provided that any\n\naggrieved aspirant may appeal the decision denying appointment by\n\nthe Director of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth within\n\nfive (5) days to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth whose\n\ndecision shall be final. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and\n\nYouth may establish additional postadjudication review boards as\n\nneeded for each county within a judicial district.\n\nB. A postadjudication review board for each judicial district\n\nshall consist of at least five (5) members. Alternate review board\n\nmembers may be appointed to serve in the absence of regularly\n\nappointed board members. Alternate board members shall be appointed\n\nin the same manner as regularly appointed board members. On and\n\nafter September 1, 1991, currently serving board members shall serve\n\nuntil appointments are made by the Commission on Children and Youth.\n\nThe Commission on Children and Youth shall complete initial\n\nappointments to the review boards no later than June 30, 1992.\n\nC. Board members shall be appointed for a term of three (3)\n\nyears. Members shall serve after the expiration of their terms\n\nuntil their respective successors shall have been appointed.\n\nVacancies shall be filled for the duration of unexpired terms. The\n\nreview board members shall be appointed according to the following\n\nguidelines:\n\n1. One member shall be a person who has training or experience\n\nin issues concerning child welfare, or a person who has demonstrated\n\nan interest in children through voluntary community service or\n\nprofessional activities;\n\n2. Whenever possible, at least one member of the board shall be\n\nan individual who has served as a foster parent, provided that no\n\nperson on the review board shall participate as a board member in\n\nany review hearing in which the person is a party; and\n\n3. No more than one person employed by any child welfare agency\n\nor juvenile court may be appointed to a board at the same time,\n\nprovided such person shall not participate in any review hearing in\n\nwhich the person is professionally involved.\n\nD. Each postadjudication review board shall annually elect a\n\nchair and shall notify the Commission on Children and Youth as to\n\nthe name and address of the chair. A list of the members of each\n\nlocal board and its officers shall be filed with the Presiding Judge\n\nof the judicial district and each judge within the district having\n\njuvenile docket responsibility.\n\nE. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a person\n\nparticipating in a judicial proceeding as a postadjudication review\n\nboard member or a postadjudication review advisory board or\n\npostadjudication review board coordinator is acting in good faith.\n\nWhen acting in good faith, a participant shall be immune from any\n\ncivil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Each\n\npostadjudication review board shall meet as often as is necessary at\n\na place it designates to carry out the duties of the board\n\nestablished by Section 1116.3 of this title. The review board shall\n\nmeet at least twice annually. Upon the request of the board,\naith.\n\nWhen acting in good faith, a participant shall be immune from any\n\ncivil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Each\n\npostadjudication review board shall meet as often as is necessary at\n\na place it designates to carry out the duties of the board\n\nestablished by Section 1116.3 of this title. The review board shall\n\nmeet at least twice annually. Upon the request of the board,\n\nmembers or prospective members of other existing review boards,\n\nstudents or researchers may attend and observe but not participate\n\nin board hearings subject to restrictions and conditions imposed by\n\nthe board. Members and employees of the State Postadjudication\n\nReview Advisory Board who are exercising their oversight\n\nresponsibilities pursuant to Section 1116.6 of this title may attend\n\nand observe but not participate in board hearings. All parties\n\nshall maintain confidentiality, and the names of the children in\n\nplacement shall not be published. Temporary ad hoc review boards\n\nmay be created in counties in which there is no active review board.\n\nThe Director of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth may\n\nappoint active or alternate members of existing review boards to\n\nserve as members of local boards that are unable to meet quorum\n\nrequirements and to temporarily constitute members of a new board\n\nwhere no current board exists. A member appointed to temporary\n\nservice shall be fully qualified as provided by law, and such\n\nservice shall terminate when the basis for the appointment is\n\nremedied or upon the order of the Director.\n\nF. As a condition of membership thereto, members and alternates\n\nof the postadjudication review boards shall attend the next\n\navailable orientation program after appointment to the board.\n\nFailure to attend an orientation program, at the discretion of the\n\nCommission on Children and Youth, may result in the removal of the\n\nboard member. Members of postadjudication review boards shall\n\nattend the annual meeting or training programs or both such meeting\n\nand training programs as are authorized and directed by the\n\nCommission on Children and Youth.\n\nG. Members of postadjudication review boards shall serve\n\nwithout compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel and\n\ntraining expenses from monies appropriated by the Legislature for\n\nsuch purposes, as provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act.\n\nThe Commission on Children and Youth shall provide members of\n\npostadjudication review boards with necessary operating supplies and\n\npostage fees or members shall be reimbursed for these expenses.\n\nH. The Commission on Children and Youth shall be responsible\n\nfor developing procedures for the removal of a member from a\n\npostadjudication review board. The grounds for the removal of a\n\npostadjudication review board member shall include but not be\n\nlimited to:\n\n1. Failure to attend board meetings as required by the\n\nCommission on Children and Youth;\n\n2. Engaging in illegal conduct involving moral turpitude;\n\n3. Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or\n\nmisrepresentation; or\n\n4. Wrongful disclosure of information as provided by Section\n\n1116.4 of this title.\n\nI. Necessary staff assistance required by the postadjudication\n\nreview boards may be provided by the bailiff or bailiffs, or other\n\nperson designated by the court, of the judges with juvenile docket\n\nresponsibility in the judicial district. Upon the request of the\n\npresiding judge, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may\n\nauthorize additional staff to be paid from local court funds to\n\nassist the review board.\n\nThe Administrative Director of the Courts may include such\n\nadditional funding requests in the annual budget for the courts as\n\nare necessary to provide staff and administrative support for the\n\nreview boards.","path":["OK Code","Title 10"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"427a2da6268275950bc4b125e13d61deffdb29385986816952e4aaae2f0505b1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-1116.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-1116.2v2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}